Corner fastening for beds



My 2, E94@ J. B. EISENBERG CORNER FASTENING FOR BEDS Filed June 29, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Juy y 1940o J. B. EISENBERG ZZyg CORNER FASTENING FOR BEDS Filed June 29', 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 2, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to furniture and more particularly to a bed having an improved corner fastening for detachably connecting ends of the side rails with corner posts of the head and foot of the bed.

At the present time, it is customary to provide the side rails of a bed with hooks at its ends adapted to be disposed in recesses or grooves formed in the corner posts of the head and foot of the bed `and engaged with supporting pins passing transversely through the grooves. This has been found unsatisfactory as the hooks often strike and scratch the corner posts while endeavoring to fit them into the grooves and it is also often dicult to properly engage the hooks with the anchoring pins after the hooks have been tted into the grooves. It has also been found that when a bed is formed with grooves in the corner posts of its head and foot, vermin have a tendency to gather in these grooves and are difficult to exterminate. Also even when the hooks are properly engaged with the anchoring pins, it has been found that a tight connection will not be formed and side play by the rails will be permitted which weakens the bed.

In order to overcome these objections, it is one object of the invention to provide a bed having its side rails detachably connected with corner posts of its head and foot by bolts passed through openings drilled through the corner posts and engaged with brackets carried by the side rails. It will thus be seen that only small openings will be formed through the corner posts to snugly receive the bolts and the side rails will be securely but detachably secured to the corner posts while crevices for vermin to accumulate in will be eliminated.

Another object of the invention is to so form the brackets that when they are engaged with the corner posts they will not only bear against the inner faces of the posts but also have flanges engaging side faces of the corner posts to prevent rocking movement of the brackets transversely of the corner posts and consequent weakening of the connections between the side rails and the corner posts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a corner fastening for beds which is very elflcient in operation and will not detract from the appearance of the bed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein- Fig. 1 is a view showing a side rail of a bed connected with a corner post by means of the improved fastening.

Fig. 2 is a ysectional view taken along the line 2*-2 of Fig. 1. l

Fig, 3 is a sectional view taken transversely through the side rail along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 5 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional View taken longitudinally of the side rail and showing the bracket released from the securing bolt.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of an end portion of l0 a side rail of a bed of the improved construction.

Fig. 7 is a Viewv similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified construction.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line 8-8 of Fig. 7. l5

Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line 9 9 of Fig. '7.

Fig, 10 is a fragmentary sectional View taken along the line` I 0-l0 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of one end portion 20 of a side rail, of the modied construction.

Fig. 12 is a View of an end portion of the blank from which the modified form of side rail is formed.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated 25 in Figs. l through 6, each side rail I of the bed has been shown formed of angle metal and the corner posts 2 of the head or foot 3 of wood but it is to be understood that the side rails and the head and foot of the bed may be formed 30 of any material found suitable. An opening 4 is drilled through the corner post as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 to receive a bolt 5 which lits snugly in the opening and has its head 6 countersunk so that it will be flush with the surface of the post 35 and will not be unsightly and spoil the appearance of the bed. This bolt projects from the inner face of the post and carries a nut 6 which can be easily applied and tightened or removed.

A bracket 'l is provided for each end of the 40 side rail l, the brackets being each formed of strong sheet metal and having areduced end portion 8 secured against the outer side face of the side rail by rivets 9. The bracket projects beyond the end of the side rail and its outer 45 end portion is bent laterally to form an abutment flange Il] having a lip Il along its free side so that when the flange Il] is disposed in abutting engagement with the corner post 2 with the bolt 5 passing through the opening I2, the lip will it 50 snugly against the inner side face of the corner post. rIhe nut 6 can then be applied to the bolt and when it istightened, the bracket will be rmly held in engagement with the corner post as shown in Fig. 2. Referring to this figure, 55

it will be seen that since the lip II bears against the side face of the post, it will serve as a brace to prevent the bracket from having rocking movement transversely of the post and lateral distortion of the bed will be prevented. The fact that the flange I extends vertically against the corner post an appreciable distance serves to bra-ce the head or foot of the bed against vertical rocking movement relative to the bracket and the head or foot of the bed cannot `be wrenched loose when moving a set-up bed from one position to another in a room. When it is desired to take the bed down, it is merely neces-v sary to remove the nut and the bracket will be released and can be disengaged from the bolt.

In Figs. '7 through 12, there has been illustrated another embodiment of the invention. rReferring to these iigures, it will beseen that theside rails I3 are each formed from arblank consisting of a strip I4 of sheet metal which is folded along the longitudinally extending dotted line M' to form the vertical flange I5 and horizontal ange I6. At each end ofthe rail,rthe.porti.on of the blank forming the flange I5 is cut from the p0rtion forming the flange I5 as shown at II, thus forming a tongue I8 and a tongue I9. The tongue I8 is shorter than the tongue I9 and is bent to extend horizontally from the flange I 5 while the tongue I9 is bent upwardly and has the tongue I8 welded to it as shown at 20. Openings 2i are formed through the tongues and so 1ocated that they will be alined when the tongues are folded and welded to ea-ch other so that a bolt 22 corresponding to the bolt 5 and passed through the corner post 23 of the head .o r foot 24 of the bed may be passed through these openings and a nut 25 applied to the bolt to secure the tongue I9 Iiat against the corner post. The tongue I9 is folded along the dotted line 26 to form a lip 2'I, a slit 28 being formed transversely of the blank at the inner or lower end of the tongue I9 in order that the outer marginal portion of the tongue may be bent to form the lip. The tongue I9 corresponds to the flange I0 of the bracket I'I and the lip 2I corresponds to the lip II and engages the side face of the corner post to brace the rail I3 against side thrust and strains. In this form of the invention, as well as that previously described, the bolt ts snugly in the opening through which it passes and crevices in which vermin may hide will be eliminated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a bed structure, a side rail and a companion corner post, said side rail having a vertical flange and a horizontal Y ange, end portions ofv said anges being severed from each other and bent to form a Vertioallydisposed tongue rising from the horizontal flange and a` second tongue extending from the Vertical ilange and secured against the inner face of the lower portion of the vertical tongue, a side edge portion of said vertical flange being bent to form a side lip, and a bolt passed through said corner post and through said tongue to detachably hold the vertical tongue in at contacting engagement with the inner face of said corner post with said lip overlapping the inner side face ofthe corner post.

JACK B. EISENBERG. 

